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- HAME.

No. 530,785. Patented Dec. 11,1894.

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JAMES A. MEANY, OF CAMDEN, AND CHARLES H. SCl lNI'lZLER, OF ORSTON, NEWJERSEY.

HAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,785, dated December11, 1894.

Application filed August 25, 1893- Serial No. 484,013- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

. tipped hames are produced.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1, is a view of our improved hame.Fig. 2, is a detached perspective view of the tubular section. Fig. 3,is a detached perspective view of the metallic brace or filler. Fig. 4,is a section on the line 1-2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 5, is a section on theline 3-4., Fig. 1.

A is the tubular section of the hame made in the present instance of abrass tube of even diameter throughout the tube being cut from anordinary stock tube and bent at each end as indicated in Fig. 2-.

B is the metallic filler or brace grooved on its outer edge to fit thetube as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, and curved on its inner edge b tofit the collar. The filler is secured to the tube A by the projectingends of the staples D, E and F which are riveted over the filler asclearly indicated in Fig. 4, the filler being of metal. Washers aredispensed with entirely. On the end of the filler B is a strap eye (1and the tube A is so shaped at the end as to neatly fit over aproject-ion b of the filler as indicated in Fig. 1, a rivet e passing,through the tube and filler firmly securing the end of the tube to thefiller. It will thus be seen that when the hame is finished, as shown inFig. 1, the tube is supported by the filler and braced sufficiently towithstand any of the ordinary strains.

By making the strap eye b a part of they filler or brace it willstrengthen the eye and make the same perfectly rigid.

The upper end ofthe tube can be ornamented by a ball a, or acorn, orother ornament,asdesired. Thetubecanbepolishedby a buffing wheel beforeit is secured to the filler or brace or it can be polished afterward, asdesired. The tube may also be silver plated or nickel plated, and whilewe prefer to use a solid brass tube we may use a brass sheaved irontube, or a plain iron or German silver tube, without departing from ourinvention.

By making the filler of metal and dispensing entirely with wood as abacking for the hame any one of the trimmings if injured can be readilyremoved without marring the hame in the slightest. The wood of theordinary wood backed hame is apt to be destroyed when repairs are made.1

It will be understood that instead of riveting the trimmings in placetheir tangs may be screw threaded and adapted to screw threads in thefiller. In the case of the eye F, this will have a single tang, insteadof double, as shown.

The hame made out of an ordinary tube will not properly set upon acollar and if made of a tube sufficient in diameter to allow it to beexpanded at the center and shaped to fit the collar it must also betapered at both ends in order to make a neat appearance. Thisexpandingof the tube and reducing its ends is a very expensive operationand the result attained does not warrant the cost.

We claim as our invention--- 1'. As a new article of manufacture, a hameconsisting of a bent tube of even diameter throughout the length of thehame, a metallic filler, shaped to fit the collar, and secured to thebent tube by trimmings, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hame consisting of a bent tube ofeven diameter throughout the length of the hame, and a metallic fillersecured to said tube and having a strap-eye at its lower end,substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hame consisting of a bent tube ofeven diameter throughout the length of the hame, a metallic fillershaped to fit the collar and tube to which it is secured, and having aprojection, b, at its lower end over which the lower end of the tube isneatly fitted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. MEANY. CHARLES H. SOHNITZLER.

Witnesses:

H. F. REARDON, HENRY HoWsoN.

